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Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- In a new interview, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney reiterated his position when it comes to embryonic stem cell research. The former governor says he opposes the specific creation and destruction of human life to advance science but he says he would support destroying human embryos from fertility clinics. Romney spoke with CBS News about his views and said he favors moral stem cell research. "I'm very much in favor of stem cell research, but in a way which I believe is moral and ethical," he said. That means he opposes "creating new embryos through embryo...

... Fred Thompson went before conservative leaders Saturday night to discuss law and order – for the nation, not a TV show. People from the crowd of more than 400 said the topic played well because it goes to the heart of what unites economic and social conservatives. ...And that acting prowess shone through Saturday; attendees said Thompson rarely looked at his notes and impressed the audience with his ability to make a folksy, conversational speech convincing. Thompson was the keynote speaker at a dinner organized by the Council for National Policy, a group of many of the nation’s most...

Last night's Republican debate stage was filled with Republican heavy weights, all qualified and all working hard to distinguish themselves in the race for the 2008 presidential nomination. But something was missing. Scripted efforts to work through their sound-bite cue cards has left conservatives still wanting for a true natural leader of a party currently searching for its soul. The big-tent philosophy prevalent in today’s Republican Party has watered down core conservative values over the last few elections, until true conservatives wonder if their party is even worth salvaging any more. Last night's debate was typical of modern political debates,...

  Home | Previous Page | Source URL: http://www.lifesite.net/ldn/2007/apr/07041705.html LifeSiteNews.com Tuesday April 17, 2007 Giuliani Outrages Conservatives With "Get Beyond" Abortion Snipe By Peter J. Smith DES MOINES, Iowa, April 17, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Former New York Mayor and Republican presidential candidate Rudolf "Rudy" Giuliani told supporters in Iowa that Republicans needs to "get beyond" pro-life issues and choose a candidate who can win the presidency in 2008. Giuliani - a candidate known more for his leadership during the 9/11 Islamic terror attacks than his liberal views - told Republicans Friday at a campaign stop in Des Moines that...

We've got some real challenges facing us. FR was established to fight against government corruption, overstepping, and abuse and to fight for a return to the limited constitutional government as envisioned and set forth by our founding fathers in the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution and other founding documents. One of the biggest cases of government corruption, overstepping and abuse that I know of is its disgraceful headlong slide into a socialist hell. Our founders never intended for abortion to be the law of the land. And they never intended the Supreme Court to be a legislative body. They...